Physical treatments have valuable role in osteoarthritis [4]

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7545, 2006, Pages 853-

  Bjordal, Jan M ^a   Lopes Martins, Rodrigo Alvaro Brandao ^b   Bogen, Bård ^c   Johnson, Mark ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Bergen Deaconal Hospital   (Norway)

^d LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC;

ACUPUNCTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; META ANALYSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; NOTE;

HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 33645798841     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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